Agnes Anne Hairston

HAIRSTON.org ID#35, b. about 1772, d. about December 1809
Father*Robert Hairston1 b. b 1724, d. b 2 Jun 1791
Mother*Ruth STOVALL b. a 1731, d. 3 Mar 1808
Birth*Agnes Anne Hairston was born about 1772 in Berry Hill, Pittsylvania, Virginia. 
She was the daughter of Robert Hairston and Ruth STOVALL.1 
WillIn Robert Hairston's will dated 26 May 1790 in Franklin, Virginia, Agnes Anne Hairston was named as an heir; Robert's daughter Sarah "Sally" Hairston died before his will was written.1,2
Marriage*She married John Woods, son of Robert Woods and Elizabeth MIDDLETON, on 12 October 1792 in Franklin, Virginia.3,4,5,6 
Death*Agnes Anne Hairston died about December 1809 in Franklin, Virginia. 
Death Spouse*Her husband, John Woods, died about December 1809. 

Family

John Woods b. a 1765, d. a Dec 1809
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S121] Will of Robert Hairston 26 May 1790, Franklin County, Virginia Will Book #1, pages 70-71. FSL #7644994, images 69-70. Inventory & Appraisel record February 1793. Will Book #1, pages 85-87, 1786-1812. FSL #7644994, images 77-78. Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. [S3131] Salmon, John S, and Emily J. Salmon. Franklin County, Virginia, 1786-1986: A Bicentennial History. Rocky Mount, Va: Franklin County Bicentennial Commission, 1993. Print., Personal Collection - printed book.
  3. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
  4. [S143] Bible - Robert Hairston 1755-1844. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Originial Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.... Philadelphia, Printed and Published by M. Carey, 1817. State Archives North Carolina 400.1.1.982.
  5. [S152] Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia., Ancestry.com.
  6. [S265] Woods, Weightsill Arno, Short History of Descendants and Allied Families of Robert Woods of Ireland, W. W. Kinloch, University of Wisconsin, 1909 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89082592569, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
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